More good times, more beer...you know the drill.
I had a Hop Project at the Nashville Airport before flying to Florida for Thanksgiving...speaking of flying... |
| I need to start a Kickstarter campaign for my new airline concept... |
JJ Grey's (the musician) Nare Sugar Brown - Rock Brothers Brewing (Jacksonville)
Sensi Harvest (see it's cool can in the photo below) - Sixpoint Brewing, Brooklyn, NY
Hop Cuvee - Bison Brewing, Berkeley, CA
Wyld Organic Extra Pale Ale - Uinta Brewing, Salt Lake City
Last Stop IPA - Brew Bus Brewing, Tampa Bay, FL
Old Brown Dog Ale by Smuttynose Brewing, Hampton, NH
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| Beer at da beach! |
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I finally found a decent beer bar on The Gulf called The Craft Bar where I had a Hop Rod Rye by Bear Republic Brewing (CA) and a Coffee IPA from Founders Brewing, Grand Rapids, Michigan. This place had great food too.
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We drove back and stopped in Birmingham for an Augustana concert at the WorkPlay Theater which had an excellent selection of local craft beer on their menu. I ran the whole list by having:
A Coffee Oatmeal Stout from Good People Brewing, plus their IPA
A Rye Brown from local Trimtab Brewing, and finally
A Spring Street Saison Ale from Avondale Brewing
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| Back in Nashville I caught an IMAX showing of Exodus: God and Kings that was pretty good. Afterwards I stopped by The Beer Pale, a rather new North Nashville bar and had a Boxcarr Pumpkin Porter from Starr Hill Brewing (VA) and a Cold Mountain Winter Ale from Highland Brewing (Asheville) that had a great caramel finish to it. This is a nice little place! |
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Before a Nashville Predators game, I had a local Czann's Brewing Oatmeal Stout at a new sports bar in East Nashville known as The Field House along with their awesome bacon burrito. I followed up dinner with a POTUS 44 porter from the local Black Abbey Brewing.
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| I had a West Coast IPA at the brand-new Honky Tonk Brewing here in Nashville. This beer was so new it wasn't even on the UNTAPPD app yet! Good luck, fledgling brewery. So far, so good. Afterwards I caught an IMAX showing of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. |
I had a great seat behind the Nashville Predators bench for another game vs. Chicago and had a Long Hammer IPA from Redhook Brewing (WA)
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!
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| From my buddy, Wayne. Now this is what I call an "elf on a shelf!." Bad Elf Winters Ale by Ridgeway Brewing in the UK. |
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| A great new beer glass from my wife, Ashlee. She also has one of a different, more dainty, style that says, "Her Beer." |
We threw a Christmas party and here's what I got from the Mt. Juliet Beer Company in a variety six-pack plus another couple brought by guests:
UFO Gingerland spiced beer from Harpoon Brewing in Boston - bottle
Spinnerbait Belgian red from Sweetwater Brewing (Atlanta) - bottle
Smuttynose Brewing's Robust Porter - bottle brought by my friend, Chris
Brrr Seasonal (Winter) Ale - Widmer Bros. Brewing - bottle brought by my friend, Nate
Toasted Oak IPA - bottle from Innis and Gun (Scotland)
Snow Roller Brown Ale by Magic Hat (VT)
Brooklyn's Brewery's Oktoberfest
Yazoo Winter Ale - Nashville
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| The new and improved BEER TREE. Adding the coasters from breweries all over the world (can you say China?) really improved the overall look of it this year. |
I had a Spruce Beersteen black IPA from local Jackalope Brewing with a great dinner at Lockeland Table in East Nashville followed by another Brooklyn Brewing Oktoberfest at nearby Bar No. 308.
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I had a Snowdrift Vanilla Porter from Leinenkugel at Craft Brewed (a great new beer bar on Franklin Pike in Nashville) followed by an amazing Stone Brewing's (CA) Smoked Porter w/Chocolate and Orange Peel
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I ended the "Year of Beer 2014" at my favorite local brewery, Cool Springs Brewery, to celebrate my young friend, Wil's, 21st birthday with just a small 5 oz. pours of the Hoppy Balboa Double IPA and a sip of my friend (and Wil's father) Danny's, Chili Willi excellent smoked beer.
